Cronyism Alive And Well In West Hartford

Saint Karen - perfect in every way ... The announcement was made today ... The West Hartford Board of Education is very pleased to announce it has selected Karen L. List, the current West Hartford Public Schools Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, to be the next superintendent of the West Hartford Public Schools, pending successful contract negotiations ... This appointment will be formally voted upon at an upcoming meeting of the West Hartford Board of Education, and will

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Town Of West Hartford Posts A Budget And Finances Webpage

The Town of West Hartford has decided to take some advice from its citizens and post budget information up on a special webpage on the Town Website. Both the West Hartford Taxpayers Association and WHFIRST, as well as others have repeatedly asked for more transparency in the budget process in the past, and so this is a welcome policy change ... Here are the particulars: ... Financial & Budget Information ... Budget Information 2009-2010 ... This web page contains the Projected FY 2009 Operating

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WHCTV launches Online Web Stream

This is great news because you can now catch Town Meetings and other Town programming online! ... From the Town Listserv: ... West Hartford Community Television is pleased to announce that viewers of the non-profit, community station which telecasts exclusively on Comcast Cable Channels 5, 95 and 96 now has one more way to access their local programming: online ... To view the live web stream on your computer, simply log on to www.whctv.org. and click on the play button on the player in the top

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One Report Says Fringes Grow 704% In 8 Years

"fringe benefits" FOX Business - Fringe Benefits Grow 704% in 8 Years ... Granted West Hartford isn't New York, but we offer healthy benefits ... American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Unions choke states and municipalities ... Look st this report of West Hartford Budget projections by our own Chris Johnson ... This end of year employee metric report demonstrates pending retirement numbers in West Hartford. 25%

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West Hartford School Superintendent Looking For Input

The Superintendent is making an appeal to the community for ideas on where to make reductions and savings in the education budget ... Let's hope he is sincere in his efforts, especially since past suggestions in budget hearings have been ignored or pooh-poohed ... The School Superintendent, David P. Sklarz, is initiating an "electronic suggestion box" on the district's website and asking residents to e-mail their fiscal ideas to budget@whps.org ... The article states: ... The retiring schools

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The Magnets Pull Money Out Of Municipalities

As if the strain on education budgets weren't enough, the magnet schools are now billing tuition and demanding more money from surrounding area schools ... This article was filed in the Hartford Courant - ... On top of paying tuition for magnet schools run by the Capitol Region Education Council, Hartford's suburban districts are being billed for the first time if they send children to one of the city's district-run "host" magnets ... Most districts have paid the $2,500-per-child bill from the

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Charges have been filed in connection with a fatal crash inWinnebago County. Megan Wolf has been charged with homicide bynegligent operation of a vehicle ...

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An Issue Of Race

This announcement came over the West Hartford Listserv today: ... Top African-American Scientist Visits The Children’s Museum for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Physicist and Author Dr. Ronald Mallett Will Speak to Students and Families ... Ronald L. Mallett, Ph.D., Professor of Physics at the University of Connecticut and author of Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality, will speak at The Children’s Museum in West Hartford on Martin Luther King Jr. Day,

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7% Tax Increase Forecast For West Hartford

Yowzers! ... The Courant is reporting a possible 7% increase in West Hartford property taxes ... If no programs or personnel are cut and state aid doesn't increase, residents will likely be facing a tax hike of about 7 percent in fiscal year 2009-10 ... So the Town Council is calling for a townwide pow-wow ... The town council and school board will host a community summit Jan. 28 to begin identifying which services to preserve and which to cut, and to spell out what local officials can and

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2008 Wrap-Up In West Hartford

Was it a good year for West Hartford? Let's take a walk down memory lane and take a look. (And thanks to West Hartford News online archives.) ... January 2008 ... A Runaway was discovered in a West Hartford home ... Police discovered a missing 15-year-old Bloomfield girl alive in a cubby hole in a West Hartford home and sordid details of her bizarre year with 41-year-old Adam Gault ... West Hartford and Bloomfield officers discovered the girl, presumed dead, very much alive in Gault's home in

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